An essay based on Platonov’s fairy tale “The Unknown Flower. “What can each of us do to make sure there are fewer voices around asking for help? (A.P. Platonov “Unknown Flower”) I

"Unknown Flower" Platonov

"Unknown Flower" analysis of the work - theme, idea, genre, plot, composition, characters, issues and other issues are discussed in this article.

1) Features of the genre of the work. Work by A.P. Platonov's “Unknown Flower” belongs to the genre of literary fairy tale. In a literary fairy tale, the position of the writer, the essence of the author's intention is visible. “Unknown Flower” in the fairy tale genre. A fairy tale is a literary genre that combines the characteristics of two genres: fairy tales (a narrative based on fiction) and byli (a narrative based on real events). The beginning of the work by A.P. Platonov’s “Unknown Flower” is reminiscent of the fairy tale genre: “Once upon a time there lived a little flower.”

2) Features of the plot. Plot is the sequence of events in a work of fiction.

How is the place where the flower lived described in the work? (in a vacant lot, no grass grew there, there were only old stones, there was dry dead clay)

How does the work of A.P. end? Platonov? (a story about a new unknown flower that grew among the stones)

3) Characteristics of the heroes of the work.

Flower image.

When did the little flower begin its life? (“one day a seed fell from the wind”)

What did the flower do to survive in the wasteland? (“This seed languished for a long time, and then it was saturated with dew, disintegrated, released thin hairs of the root, stuck them into the stone and clay and began to grow.”)

Which natural phenomena helped the little flower survive? (wind and dew)

What was the little flower like? (hardworking)

Like A.P. Platonov describes the corolla that once blossomed on a flower? (“Its corolla was composed of petals of a simple light color, clear and strong, like a star. And, like a star, it shone with a living, flickering fire, and it was visible even on a dark night.")

Why did the pioneers perceive the little flower as a hero? (the flower survived, despite the difficulties, and blossomed)

The image of the girl Dasha. Dasha is a pioneer, a hardworking girl, she misses her mother when she is away from home, and writes her a letter; knows how to appreciate the beauty of nature, remembers a little flower all winter, a kind soul.

Why did the girl Dasha walk past the vacant lot? (the girl was in a pioneer camp, missed her mother, so she “wrote a letter to her mother and took the letter to the station so that it would arrive quickly”)

How did Dasha feel when she approached the vacant lot? (fragrance)

What connection did Dasha see between herself and the lonely flower growing in a vacant lot? (“Maybe this flower misses its mother there, like I do,” thought Dasha.”)

What did the guys do in the vacant lot? (fertilized the soil in a vacant lot)

What was Dasha thinking about all long winter? (“about a small flower unknown by name”)

4) Artistic Features there were fairy tales.

What epithets does the writer use to describe the wasteland where the little flower grew? (“bare stone wasteland”, “dead clay”, “bare stone”, “dry clay”)

What artistic and expressive means describe an unknown flower? (epithets: “its leaves could not... become green: one vein was blue, another red, the third blue or gold”, “its corolla was made up of petals of a simple light color, clear and strong”, “it glowed living flickering fire"; comparison: petals, "like a star"; metaphors: "the thin hairs of the root came out", "the leaves were heavy with dew"; guarded the dew and collected it drop by drop,” “he worked day and night,” “he... overcame his pain from hunger and fatigue with patience,” “the flower... did not want to live sadly,” “he was dozing,” etc. )

What poetic device does A.P. use? Platonov when describing the meeting of a girl and a flower? (personification: the flower speaks to Dasha, telling about his fate)

A short story is an argument for an essay.

Problems:

Determination
- attitude towards nature
- formation of character, personality
- good
- compassion/responsiveness
- help

UNKNOWN FLOWER

Reading time for the story is 8 minutes.

Once upon a time there lived a little flower. Nobody knew that he was on earth. He grew up alone in a vacant lot; cows and goats did not go there, and children from the pioneer camp never played there. No grass grew in the vacant lot, but only old gray stones lay, and between them there was dry, dead clay. Only the wind was blowing through the wasteland; like a grandfather sower, the wind carried seeds and sowed them everywhere - both in the black damp earth and on a bare stone wasteland. In black good land Flowers and herbs were born from seeds, but in stone and clay the seeds died. And one day a seed fell from the wind, and it nestled in a hole between stone and clay. This seed languished for a long time, and then it became saturated with dew, disintegrated, released thin root hairs, stuck them into stone and clay and began to grow. This is how that little flower began to live in the world. There was nothing for him to eat in stone and clay; drops of rain that fell from the sky fell over the top of the earth and did not penetrate to its root, but the flower lived and lived and grew little by little higher.
He raised the leaves against the wind, and the wind died down near the flower; specks of dust fell from the wind onto the clay, which the wind brought from the black, fat earth; and in those dust particles there was food for the flower, but the dust particles were dry. To moisten them, the flower guarded the dew all night and collected it drop by drop on its leaves. And when the leaves became heavy with dew, the flower lowered them, and the dew fell down; it moistened the black earthen dust that the wind brought and corroded the dead clay. During the day the flower was guarded by the wind, and at night by the dew. He worked day and night to live and not die. He grew his leaves large so that they could stop the wind and collect dew. However, it was difficult for the flower to feed only from dust particles that fell from the wind, and also to collect dew for them. But he needed life and overcame his pain from hunger and fatigue with patience. Only once a day did the flower rejoice: when the first ray of the morning sun touched its tired leaves. If the wind did not come to the wasteland for a long time, then the little flower felt bad, and it no longer had enough strength to live and grow. The flower, however, did not want to live sadly; therefore, when he was completely sad, he dozed off. Still, he constantly tried to grow, even if his roots gnawed at bare stone and dry clay. At such a time, its leaves could not be saturated with full strength and become green: one vein was blue, another red, the third blue or gold. This happened because the flower lacked food, and its torment was indicated in the leaves. different colors. The flower itself, however, did not know this: after all, it was blind and did not see itself as it was. In the middle of summer, the flower bloomed its corolla at the top. Before that, it looked like grass, but now it has become a real flower. Its corolla was composed of petals of a simple light color, clear and strong, like a star. And, like a star, it shone with a living, flickering fire, and it was visible even on a dark night. And when the wind came to the wasteland, it always touched the flower and carried its smell with it. And then one morning the girl Dasha walked past that wasteland. She lived with her friends in a pioneer camp, and this morning she woke up and missed her mother. She wrote a letter to her mother and took the letter to the station so that it would arrive quickly. On the way, Dasha kissed the envelope with the letter and envied him that he would see his mother sooner than she did. At the edge of the wasteland, Dasha felt a fragrance. She looked around. There were no flowers nearby, only small grass grew along the path, and the wasteland was completely bare; but the wind came from the wasteland and brought from there a quiet smell, like the calling voice of a little unknown life . Dasha remembered one fairy tale, her mother told her a long time ago. The mother spoke about a flower that was still sad for its mother - a rose, but it could not cry, and only in the fragrance did its sadness pass. “Maybe this flower misses its mother there, like me,” thought Dasha. She went into the wasteland and saw that small flower near the stone. Dasha had never seen such a flower before - neither in the field, nor in the forest, nor in a book in a picture, nor in a botanical garden, nowhere. She sat down on the ground near the flower and asked him: “Why are you like this?” “I don’t know,” the flower answered. “Why are you different from others?” The flower again didn’t know what to say. But for the first time he heard a person’s voice so close, for the first time someone looked at him, and he did not want to offend Dasha with silence. “Because it’s difficult for me,” answered the flower. “What’s your name?” - Dasha asked. “No one is calling me,” said the little flower, “I live alone.” Dasha looked around in the wasteland. “There’s a stone here, there’s clay!” - she said. “How do you live alone, how did you grow from clay and not die, you little one?” “I don’t know,” answered the flower. Dasha leaned towards him and kissed his luminous head. The next day, all the pioneers came to visit the little flower. . Dasha led them, but long before reaching the vacant lot, she ordered everyone to take a breath and said: “Hear how good it smells.” This is how he breathes. The pioneers stood around the little flower for a long time and admired it like a hero. Then they walked around the entire wasteland, measured it in steps and counted how many wheelbarrows with manure and ash needed to be brought in to fertilize the dead clay. They wanted the earth in the wasteland to become good. Then the little flower, unknown by name, will rest, and from its seeds beautiful children will grow and not die, the best flowers shining with light, which are not found anywhere. The pioneers worked for four days, fertilizing the soil in the wasteland. And after that they went traveling to other fields and forests and never came to the wasteland again. Only Dasha came one day to say goodbye to the little flower. Summer was already ending, the pioneers had to go home, and they left. And the next summer, Dasha again came to the same pioneer camp. Throughout the long winter, she remembered a small flower, unknown by name. And she immediately went to the wasteland to check on him. Dasha saw that the wasteland was now different, it was now overgrown with herbs and flowers, and birds and butterflies were flying over it. The flowers gave off a fragrance, the same as from that little worker flower. However, last year’s flower, which lived between the stone and clay, was no longer there. He must have died last fall. The new flowers were also good; they were only a little worse than that first flower. And Dasha felt sad that the old flower was no longer there. She walked back and suddenly stopped. Between two close stones a new flower grew - exactly the same as that old flower, only a little better and even more beautiful. This flower grew from the middle of the crowded stones; he was lively and patient, like his father, and even stronger than his father, because he lived in stone. It seemed to Dasha that the flower was reaching out to her, that it was calling her to itself with the silent voice of its fragrance.

Class: 5

“The Unknown Flower” is one of the writer’s last stories. The work makes the reader think seriously about the difficulties of human life. A small plant on a huge land. This expanded antithesis gives rise to a painful feeling of pity for a lonely living creature. The flower grows on stone and clay, overcoming all torment. This is a struggle not only of the body, but also of the spirit. Thus, the working flower found a continuation in its descendant, who, with hard work and patience, will pave the way for other generations, even stronger and more beautiful. In the tale of an unknown flower, Platonov expressed his cherished dream of a perfect future for humanity, where work and fortitude defeat the hostile forces of nature, where the memory of ancestors is sacred, and love and kindness help people unite and overcome all obstacles.

An equally important idea in the fairy tale “The Unknown Flower” is the idea of life. Let’s think about the meaning of the phrase: “Beautiful children, the best flowers shining with light, which are nowhere to be found, will grow up and not die.” We see that Platonov has special hopes for the younger generation. .

Extracurricular reading lesson in 5th grade based on the work of A.P. Platonov “Unknown Flower” There is a World around you! helps children find true values, believe in themselves, find their “I”.

In the process of working on the text of the work, I give the child the opportunity to believe in himself, focusing on the value-semantic development of the individual. In order for a literary work to become personally significant, in the process of creative activity:

I create conditions for determining my own position in assessing moral values for personal identification in universal culture;
I educate, develop empathy, a sense of mercy, a culture of dialogue;
I instill a love for the Russian language as a carrier of humanitarian values.

Extracurricular reading lesson based on A.P. Platonov’s fairy tale “The Unknown Flower” (5th grade)

Lesson objectives: to create conditions conducive to the active activity of the student’s consciousness.

develop students’ speech by solving problem situations;
develop the ability to compare and analyze, draw conclusions;
cultivate moral qualities in a child;
show the presence of personal characteristics of the teacher’s activities.

Lesson equipment:

portrait of A.P. Platonov;
illustrations for A.P. Platonov’s work “The Unknown Flower”;
didactic material, table;
phonogram: Grig. Opera “Trans. Gynt. Morning";
living flower.

Epigraph for the lesson

Aren't you tired of it?
see nothing nearby
be blind and indifferent
to human destiny!
Drive boredom out of your heart,
don't expect anything from the world,
and immediately immensely generous
the world will open up to you!

A. Rudaki

Lesson progress

I. Organizational moment

Together we will conduct a literature lesson. I want you to think, reflect, express your opinion, to become my assistants, because a lesson is creativity, a lesson is discovery.

Y Mobilizing stage

What does this lesson have in store for us? What discovery awaits us? Let's turn to the thoughts of the Persian poet A. Rudaki. Read the statement, it is in front of us.

Aren't you tired of it?
see nothing nearby
be blind and indifferent
to human destiny!
Drive boredom out of your heart,
don't expect anything from the world,
and immediately immensely generous
the world will open up to you!

II. Learning new material

Knowledge updating stage

– What do you think the poet is talking about?

(Students' response)

Of course, guys, see the world around you, make small discoveries, not be indifferent to people, to what surrounds us. The theme is: “The World is Around You.” Write it down on the sheet in front of you. We make all entries on this sheet.

Stage of creating a problem situation

You guys will probably agree with me that making discoveries is a very exciting activity. What interesting things did you see today?

(Students' answers)

It turns out that everyone, if they try very hard, can reveal their secret to the world, which needs your attention, your compassion, your protection. The secret of our lesson is hidden in A.P. Platonov’s fairy tale “The Unknown Flower”.

– What do we need to know and be able to do to solve it?

Of course, you need to know the work, share your impressions, be able to draw conclusions, and discover the world.

Problem formation stage

What was most memorable about the fairy tale? What surprised you about the characters?

Stage of learning new material

Let's open the treasured page in the book. What the names suggest:

1) Fairy tale; 2) True story; 3) “Unknown flower”.

Text perception stage

Divide the text into 4 parts. Give them a title. (Independent work).

The life story of a flower before meeting Dasha
Conversation with a girl
New life wasteland
A year later

Let's work on part I. Find what words end Part I? Who would want to read this part expressively?

Guys, who do you think conveyed the life story of a flower more emotionally? Let's pay attention to the main character. Who is he?

Text analysis stage

How did the flower live in the wasteland? Yes he really is

- bored;
- it was difficult for him;
- he suffered.

Find words and sentences (one, two) in the text that confirm your answers, fill out the table according to the options.

If you have any difficulties, contact your desk neighbor, me. At the end of the work, draw conclusions.

1) Working with a table

What words did you find that confirm that he

- bored;
- worked;
- suffered.

The flower suffered, was bored, worked, but what was the main thing for him? But the most important thing for him was to live. This is an important discovery we have made. The most important thing is life. Let's write down our first discovery on a piece of paper. .

Any flower has a stem, a corolla, leaves, the flower grows, catches the rays of the sun, many fight for existence. How is a flower from a fairy tale different from all other flowers? (Students' answers).

That's right, guys, he was alive, endowed with feelings, will, like a person, he could speak, he had a son.

2) Vocabulary work

What is the name of a figurative and expressive means when inanimate objects are assigned the qualities of living beings?

Name the type of trail? (Answer)

What types of tropes did you encounter in the first part? (Answers)

– What feelings do these words evoke?

Those who suffer need to be treated kinder, more attentive, and more carefully.

Well done, you have discovered another secret - to be merciful!

Who did the flower tell about its life? Why Dasha?

She was attentive, she was able to see and feel his voice-fragrance. What does this word mean?

Yes, guys, the secret is revealed to attentive people. Being attentive to the world is our third discovery.

Find the dialogue between the girl and the flower.

Who would like to role-play a reading? (reading by roles)

What role will you play?

You saw how the writer carefully selects every word. Try and choose words for the image. Before you is an image of a seed and a flower, next to it are words for reference. Match them. Read, distribute the words.

seed
P _ _ _ _ _
huddled
T _ _ _ _ _
washed
n _ _ _ _ _
ate
V _ _ _ _ _ _
drank

Flower

AND _ _
silt
r _ _
OS
With _ _ _ _ _ _
fleeced
With _ _ _ _ _ _
guarded
T _ _ _ _ _ _
labored
r _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
was delighted

How do we see a flower? Was it interesting to work with the words of the writer? Interesting, but not always easy. The flower had so many difficulties, but he overcame them; He grew up fragrant, gave people goodness, moments of beauty, compassion, moments of inspiration for both Dasha and the guys who worked and ennobled the wasteland, so a person, overcoming difficulties, becomes strong, beautiful, and brings the light of his soul to people. What discovery have you made just now? Yes, guys, it is very important to bring goodness to people. This is another discovery of ours. Let us also play the role of a flower and give each other moments of joy.

Stage of emotional and psychological unloading

Grieg. Opera “Peer Gynt. Morning".

I will be a good wizard. I don't have it in my hand magic wand, but I have magic words. Listen to them and they will help you.

There was a small, wrinkled grain lying in the garden. It was dark and cold for him (sit down, lower your head, cover it with your hands). The gardener came, he watered the seed and began to take care of it. With the warm spring sun, the seed began to grow slowly. A sprout appears (pull the handle up, fists clenched).

Then another sprout. The stalk grows (we rise), reaches towards the sun (we rose on tiptoe, lowered ourselves). Peduncles with buds appear (arms to the sides, fingers clenched). A joyful moment comes, and the buds burst (we unclench our fists). The sprout turns into a beautiful, strong flower. He's getting better every day. Take a closer look at each other, smile, you are beautiful, unique. Have a seat.

I am pleased to see a sea of wonderful smiles, I am pleased that you were able to make important discoveries. What are these discoveries? I think that each of you will be able to see each other, open a window into the world of goodness, mercy, love. And all these discoveries are a great miracle. Create miracles, open up the world!

Today I made a discovery for myself. You know how to work. Grading.

III. Summing up the lesson

IV. Homework

Thank you all very much for your cooperation.

It was a pleasure to communicate with you in an atmosphere of warmth and comfort. Therefore, I want to give you a gift - a fairy tale, or rather, the beginning of a fairy tale with a living character.

A fairy tale was born in my garden. One day in late autumn I saw a sprout of the Tree of Happiness in the garden. I don’t know how he lived, be a co-author of nature and guess for yourself. Create, fantasize! This will be your homework. Write about your discovery.

Composition

Platonov's story "The Unknown Flower" confronts readers with important question— what can each of us do to make sure there are fewer voices around asking for help? The content of this work forces us to reflect on the problem posed.

The main character of the story is a small flower that grew between stones and clay. This lonely and weak creature fought for its life with all its might. During the day, the flower caught blades of grass from the fertile land, and at night it grew dew. This is how his days passed - in the eternal struggle for existence.

But this flower, which didn’t even know its name, had a lot of strength - it wanted to live, it strove for the sun, light, joy. The author writes that “the flower... did not want to live sadly; therefore, when he was completely sad, he dozed off.”

Despite all the difficulties, the plant bloomed in due time. Its flower, inconspicuous in appearance, looked like a bright star and was very fragrant. It was by the smell that the girl Dasha found him. She admired the resilience and strength of the little unknown flower and decided to help him. Together with other pioneers, the girl fertilized all the soil in the vacant lot so that the flower could grow happily and freely.

But when Dasha came the next summer to visit an unknown flower and his children, she was very surprised. All kinds of plants grew in the wasteland, but they were all different - they smelled weaker or looked different. And only among the stones the girl found a flower similar to the one from last year: “This flower grew from the middle of the crowded stones; he was lively and patient, like his father, and even stronger than his father, because he lived in stone.”

It turns out that all the guys’ worries were unnecessary? After all, the flower still wanted to grow and live among the stones, struggling with difficult living conditions. Maybe this unknown flower smelled so strongly only because its existence was difficult and it had to fight for its life every minute? It was then that he fully felt the joy of what he had achieved.

Were the pioneers right to help the flower? I think, of course, yes. After all, children helped dozens of new flowers grow, not as strong and brave as the unknown flower. And the fact that Dasha paid attention to the flower and spoke to it was very important for the hero of the story. I think this inspired him to continue his struggle and life.

I believe that each of us should help those who are weaker, those who need help. This gives strength and inspiration to move on with life. And then there will be fewer voices around asking for help. Then the world will be happier.

Analysis of the work

The genre of the work is a fairy tale. There are two main characters - the strange flower itself and the girl Dasha. The beginning is the appearance of an unknown flower in a vacant lot. Development of action - a description of the growth, survival and formation of a plant. The culmination is a meeting with the girl Dasha and her work to improve the wasteland. The denouement is that a descendant of an unknown flower grows in a vacant lot, becoming even more beautiful than its father.

In an allegorical manner, the fairy tale talks about the need to overcome life's difficulties. If the soil

on which this or that creature grows and becomes noble, this does not at all mean that the life of this creature will improve. Dasha, coming to the fertilized wasteland a year later, did not find the flower - it died. But his descendant grows up in the same difficult conditions, on rocks. His father gave him vitality and the ability to overcome difficulties. The consequence of this was the external improvement of the new flower.

Plan

1. The appearance, survival and formation of an unknown flower in a wasteland. 2. A girl, Dasha, accidentally wandered into a vacant lot and met a flower. 3. The girl brought pioneers with her to improve the wasteland. 4. A year later, Dasha came to the camp again and came to visit the flower. 5. Instead of a vacant lot there was a well-kept place. 6. Meeting with a descendant of a flower.

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"Unknown Flower" Platonov

Lesson progress

I. Organizational moment

III. Summing up the lesson

IV. Homework

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